Anglican missiology

Affirmed by meetings of both the Lambeth Conference and the Anglican Consultative Council the Five Marks of Mission of the Anglican Communion is the nearest thing the Anglican Communion has to an ‘official’ statement about mission. The statement of the Five Marks – and a brief commentary on them – can be found here.

The documents produced by the three recent Mission Commissions of the Anglican Communion, IASCOME; MISSIO and MISAG II also offer useful resources for serious study of Anglican mission thinking

What is missiology

is a brief definition of what missiology is – useful since ;missiology’ is quite an elusive word to get a handle on.Link to Article

Peace or pieces? Anglican unity, communion and the mission of Godan article by Revd Mike McCoy in the Anitepam Journal 2006 – poses some questions about the use and understanding of these Five Marks Link to PDF.

The World Council of Churches website has some useful online statements and articles linked to mission. Of particular interest may be this statement about the link between mission and evangelism in unity todayLink to Articleand a discussion about the concept of reconciliation as missionLink to Article